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Truheart, H.N., fl. 1879 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.031 Author/Creator: Truheart, H.N., fl. 1879 Place Written: Lexington, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 21, 1879 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Request to have a bond for J W Wright returned because it was approved by a Circuit clerk, not a Chancery clerk. The letter is very faded, and in some parts barely legible.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Truheart, H.N., fl. 1879

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